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Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores (gizmodo.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president of grocery stores says they’re moving away from Just Walk Out, which relied on cameras and sensors to track what people were leaving the store with.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All this complexity and expensive tech just to avoid paying a couple of cashier's and bagboys. It amazes me

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

But the guy with the MBA had a graph showing it pays for itself in 38 years! (46 if you add consulting fees.)